No major flooding expected locally

A record amount of snow is expected to melt over next couple days as temps rise

2:21 AM,
Mar. 29, 2013

Written by

Andrew Walker
awalker@muncie.gannett.com

With temperatures finally on the rise, the record amount of snow that arrived earlier in the week will need somewhere to go as it melts into the ground.

But because this week's warm-up has been gradual, local officials do not feel the eight-plus inches of evaporating snow will result in any major flooding.

Jason Rogers, director of the Delaware County Emergency Management Agency, said his crew will be keeping a close eye on the river levels over the next couple days as temperatures are expected to approach 60 degrees; but barring an unforeseen downpour of rain, flooding is not an immediate ...